Subject: B.C. Spruce Mills
BC Spruce Mills Flume
BC Spruce Mills flume at Lumberton, B.C. This was one of the largest sawmills in the interior, in its time. They had an extensive flume system that transported material from all over the Moyie River valley to the sawmill log pond.
| Internal ID: | 0008.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
BC Spruce Mills, Ltd.
BC Spruce Mills, Ltd. at Lumberton, showing staff and crew before the company ceased operation. Does anyone know any of the people?
| Internal ID: | 0040.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
BC Spruce Mills Ltd.
A photo of part of the Lumberton sawmill, showing the green chain and sorting.
| Internal ID: | 0040.0021 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Quick History of the Lumber Industry
An article by Nancy Miles on the evolution of the lumber industry in East Kootenay up to 1955. Brief but fairly comprehensive.
| Internal ID: | 0042.0002 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 1st 1955 |
25 year old Man hit by a tree in logging accident
Clarence Daly was struck by a tree in a logging accident. Hip was dislocated, and the young man suffered many bruises to his face and head.
| Internal ID: | 0042.0077 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 9th 1926 |
Cranbrook Rotarians
Cranbrook Rotary held luncheon meeting where they decided to donate a shield to the musical festival, as well learning death of frequent visiting Rotarian.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0569 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 6th 1930 |
C.H. Werden Obituary
Late president of B.C. Spruce Mills C.H. Werden is buried in Ashland, WI.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0600 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 13th 1930 |
Hospital Ambulance
B.C. Spruce Mills faller injured at work, requiring hospital ambulance.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0806 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1926 |
Federal Election Results
Printing the results of election, with Windermere candidate receiving no votes from own home town.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0128 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 16th 1926 |
Cranbrook Rotary
Reporting on a feast of wild duck at Cranbrook Rotary luncheon, 100 per cent turn out.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0131 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 23rd 1926 |
Lumbering Basic Industry
Lumbering continues as main basic industry in East Kootenay. Detailing the industry from the beginning of Cranbrook, through the depression and wartime boom era.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0264 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 1st 1955 |
Fishing Open
Excerpts and explanations from Regulations For Guidance of Anglers in East Kootenay Territory.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0744 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 4th 1935 |
Bert Manning Dies
Former resident of Cranbrook passes away.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0830 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 18th 1930 |
Scout Hall
New Scout Hall nearing completion and regular meetings to commence.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0962 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 24th 1940 |
Cranbrook Rotary
Kootenays pioneer and member of Lethbridge Rotary Club was chief speaker at weekly luncheon of Cranbrook Rotary.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0467 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 30th 1922 |
Cranbrook Rotary
Cranbrook Rotatians celebrate July 4th at Lumberton, with delegate from Los Angeles convention reporting on the meeting.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0556 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 7th 1922 |
Cranbrook Rotary
One person too ill to make the weekly Cranbrook Rotary meeting and another makes it back from Calgary just in time to attend.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0666 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 24th 1922 |
Lumberton Roads
Dry weather has aided in the operations in the woods for hauling logs near Lumberton.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0832 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 27th 1930 |
Hotel Manager Departs
Lumberton resident and manager of B.C. Spruce Mills hotel leaving to purchase a bakery in Ladner.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0098 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 21st 1930 |
Lumberton Chef
Lumberton chef in charge of BC Spruce Mills commissionary department left for Ladner to run a bakery he bought.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0119 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 11th 1930 |
Bartle Accountant
BC Spruce Mills accountant at Lumberton spends his holidays in the hills painting East Kootenay autumn scenes.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0156 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 18th 1930 |
Mill Worker's Houses, Lumberton, BC
Lumberton, B.C. - showing houses at the upper levels of the town; some of which were later moved to Cranbrook, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0179.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1945 |
Lumberton looking east
Photo of Lumberton looking east. Ca. unknown.
| Internal ID: | 0213.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Lumberton, BC
An overview of Lumberton showing the BC Spruce Mills operatrion and the boareding house.
| Internal ID: | 0223.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Spruce Mills Ltd, Lumberton, B.C. c.1925
Sawmill - B.C. Spruce Mills Ltd, Lumberton, B.C. c.1925
| Internal ID: | 2271.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Lumberton Supply Sloops, c. 1930
Hauling sloops of supplies intoi the B.C. Spruce Millos winter camps at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0084 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Winter Logging At Lumberton, c. 1930
Large load of logs coming out of Weaver Creek, Camp 2 withthe B.C. Spruce Mills at Lumberton. It is a Best Cat skidding the load.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0101 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Winter Logging at Lumberton, Weaver Creek
A Best Cat probably coming ut of Weaver Creek on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits with large logs, c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0103 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Logging Wagon At Lumberton, c. 1930
A large load of logs coming down a hill, probably at Weaver Creek, 4-up hitch in front and hookied to a brake in the rear. On the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Flume and Bridge at Lumberton Camp 2
The flume at Weaver Creek's Camp 2 and the bridge across the Moyie River. A sloop load of logs is hooked to the 4-shiv Cranbrook Foundry braking system that B.C. S;pruce Mills pioneered at Lumberton, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Flume Tunnel at Lumberton, B.C.
This is the flume exit from the tunnel constructed through the mountainside at Lumberton on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits, c. 1930. The sign says "Private Property / Keep Off / No Trespassing."
| Internal ID: | 2516.0117 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Double Flume At Lumberton
Double logging flume coming down the mountainside on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930. The company built 23 miles of flume.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0118 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.
Logging flume coming down the mountainside in a long curve on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930. The company built 23 miles of flume.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0119 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.
Logging flume, well-braced on outside corners, snaking down a valley on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0120 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Lumber Dring Yards at Lumberton
Milled lumber stacked for drying before shippuing at the Lumberton, B.C., B.C. Spruce Mills sawmill.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0124 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Lumberton Logging Road Maintenance
Plowing out the winter roads at B.C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B.C., an 8-horse hitch on the plow, c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2516.0125 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Laundry Day At Lumberton
Doing the laundry at B. C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B.C. Notice the smallo pelton wheel
| Internal ID: | 2516.0126 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Lumberton Boarding House c. 1925
B.C. Spruce Mills boarding house and cookhouse at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1925.
| Internal ID: | 2512.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.
Log flume of the B.C. Spruce Mills on their timber limits at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2512.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.
Log flume of B.C. Spruce Mills at Lumberton beginning across Nigger Lake c. 1925
| Internal ID: | 2512.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Flume Spillway at Lumberton, B.C.
Norman Moore and Edith Wells standing on the flume spillway on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1935.
| Internal ID: | 2519.0068 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Overview of B.C. Spruce Mills Operation
Overview of the B.C. Spruce Mills sawmill and planer operation at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1930
| Internal ID: | 2519.0069 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
John Bakken and Eric Anderson Piling Lumber
In the lumber drying yard at Lumberton, B.C., B.C. Spruce Mills employees John Bakken and Eric Anderson are hard at work c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2527.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Gust Samson Piling Lumber
Piling lumber at Lumberton's drying yard is B.C. Spruce Mills employee Gust Samson (on top), c. 1930.
| Internal ID: | 2527.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Lumberton Logging Flume Working
Lumberton logging flume c. 1925, part of the B.C. Spruce Mills operation.
| Internal ID: | 0049.0088 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
